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NewsVatican charges cardinal with embezzlement
The Vatican’s criminal tribunal has indicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others for financial crimes including embezzlement in connection with a €350m ($415m) London property investment.
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Trump Organization charged with tax fraud
Prosecutors in New York have accused the Trump Organization of a scheme to defraud through a 15-year, off-the-books payment scheme allowing executives to avoid paying taxes on company perks.
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Banks in Latvia improve AML/CTF controls
Latvia’s Finance and Capital Market Commission says banks in the country have implemented numerous changes to improve their internal control systems.
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Putin signs law forcing Twitter, Facebook to open offices in Russia
In the latest move to exert greater control over Big Tech, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new piece of legislation that requires foreign social media giants to open offices in Russia.
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Salvation Army struck by ransomware attack
The Christian charity has become the latest victim of a ransomware attack.
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Wolfsen to continue as Dutch DPA chairman
The Dutch government has re-appointed Aleid Wolfsen as head of the country’s Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens – AP) for five years beginning 1 August.
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New Zealand patients’ data appears on web
Personal information of hospital patients and staff in New Zealand have been published online, around six weeks after a ransomware attack on the Waikato District Health Board (DHB).
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Hackers extract client details from South African insurance services company
Qsure has created an alternative IT network after cyber-attackers gained unauthorised access to and exfiltrated data from its systems.
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German DPA tells government organisation to shut Facebook pages
The German data protection commissioner has given German government organisations until the end of the year to shut down their Facebook pages.
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FinCEN has turned its attention to crypto
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) has identified cryptocurrencies as one of the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism ( AML / CFT ) priorities.
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Data for 700M LinkedIn users for sale
Just two months after LinkedIn was the subject of a government probe after data on 500 million of its users was scraped and published online, a new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared.
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Digitalisation increases cybercrime risk
The growth in digitalisation has led to a greater threat of falling victim cybercrime, according to respondents in a survey of the MENA region by data provider Refinitiv.
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Environmental crime is money laundering threat says FATF
Countries should view environmental crimes such as illegal forestry, mining, land clearances and waste trafficking – and the associated trading – as a money-laundering (ML) risk, according to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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NPC announces bill to amend Philippines privacy law
The admendments to the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) sought to strengthen the current law amid the digital transformation in the Philippines.
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Italy’s DPA fines energy company 3 million euros
The Garante has fined energy company Iren Mercato 3 million euros over EU General Data Protection Regulation violations related to unlawful data processing in its telemarketing.
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Head of Guernsey’s new financial crime agency seeks tougher powers
Kevin Davis, director of the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau in Guernsey, is working on acquiring greater powers to seize illegally acquired cash and property.
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Mercedes-Benz customer data exposed online
Sensitive personal information of Mercedes-Benz customers and would-be customers in the US from around six years ago has been made accessible on a cloud storage platform.
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EU grants UK data adequacy status
The European Commission (EC) has formally signed off on data adequacy for the UK, allowing the flow of personal data between the European Union and the UK.
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UK’s financial watchdog bans cryptocurrency trader Binance
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has prohibited Binance Markets Limited (BML) from undertaking any regulated activity in Britain.
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Microsoft detects new security breach
An attacker gained access to a Microsoft customer service agent and used the information gained to launch hacking attempts against customers.
